BITTERSWEET MEMORIES

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

When dinner is done, I call Josh and Brad inside. I head upstairs to bathe Brad before he takes his dinner. Josh also says that he will head to his house to clean up then come back for dinner. I also clean myself up and later headed to the dining table. I went to the kitchen and started bringing out the food and the plates. After I was done, I called out Brandon who was watching TV in the sitting room. I pulled out his high chair and sat him down and we waited for Josh to come.

When he came over, I served the food and everyone dug in and ate silently. I ate my food while feeding Brad and it did not take long for him to be full since we had late lunch. I carried him to his room and tucked him in. I went to the bookshelf and picked out a story to read to him. I started reading him he story and half way through I heard his little snores. I kissed him on the forehead and covered him fully. I turned on the night light and headed towards the door. I was shocked to see Josh leaning on the door of the room already looking at me.

"Is he really your son Kira? I can see that you love him a lot but I have not heard him call you mom even once" He asks.

I decided that I would not pull his leg again like I had done before. I tell him that Brad is my godson and I am only looking after him for the weekend. The look on his face almost shows relief after I have said that but then I decide to ignore it. We head out of Brad's room and walk back downstairs not forgetting to close the door. I remember earlier Josh got into my house on his own and decided to ask him how he got the code. He told me that he was outside when we were coming back from the mall and that he saw the numbers I input into the code. I found that creepy and gave him a questioning look. He looks at me sheepishly and I mentally tell myself to change the code tomorrow. I love my privacy and my house is one of the places where I feel safe.

Josh suggests that we watch a movie. I gotta admit that I was against the idea at first. I did not want to be close to Josh in the fear that my past feelings for him are going to come back. I later convince myself that that was just a silly crush that ended a long time ago. Josh suggested that we should watch fifty shades but I lied that I did not have the movie. He chooses another movie from my collection and while he was getting it, I headed towards the guestroom to get a throw blanket and pillows. I throw the pillows on the floor and sit on it then cover myself with one of the blankets. I expected Josh to sit on the couch but I am surprised when he sits next to me on the floor and pulls my blanket to cover himself with.